The best tab and bookmark managers in 2026
OneTab, Session Buddy, Toby, Raindrop.io, start.me and LinkVolv compared: what each is best at, what the free plan gives you, and the catch.
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Tab savers and bookmark managers have grown into each other, and picking one is confusing. Here are the six we think are worth your time, what each is best at, and the catch with each one.
We make one of these
Quick pick
| If you want… | Pick | Because |
|---|---|---|
| Close tabs fast, nothing else | OneTab | One click, no account, no limit |
| Restore windows after a crash | Session Buddy | Recovers windows on its own |
| Tab collections for a team | Toby | Shared team collections |
| Huge library, on your phone too | Raindrop.io | No bookmark limit on Free, phone apps |
| A start page with widgets | start.me | News feeds, notes, weather |
| Tabs and bookmarks together, synced | LinkVolv | Sessions + visual new tab + search, Free |
OneTab
Best for: getting from 60 tabs to zero in one click. OneTab turns every open tab into a list on one page, and you click a link to bring it back.
Free plan: everything, with no limit on saved tabs and no account.
The catch: the list lives in one browser on one computer. A new laptop or a reset browser can take it with it. There’s no search beyond titles, and no place for bookmarks. LinkVolv vs OneTab.
Session Buddy
Best for: people who lose windows to crashes. Session Buddy saves and restores whole sessions, recovers windows on its own after a crash, and exports in many formats.
Free plan: everything, with no limit on saved tabs.
The catch: like OneTab, sessions stay in one browser; there is no sync between computers. LinkVolv vs Session Buddy.
Toby
Best for: teams. Toby puts tab collections on your new tab page, and its team plans share collections between people.
Free plan: 60 saved tabs. The paid plan is $54 a year.
The catch: the free plan fills up fast, and there’s no search by meaning or AI. LinkVolv vs Toby.
Raindrop.io
Best for: large bookmark libraries you also use on your phone. Collections, tags, and phone apps.
Free plan: no limit on bookmarks. Pro is $28 a year and adds full-text search and saved copies of pages.
The catch: it’s a bookmark manager, not a tab manager: no saving whole windows as sessions, and it isn’t your new tab page. LinkVolv vs Raindrop.io.
start.me
Best for: a start page you build yourself, with widgets like news feeds, notes and weather, and shared pages for teams.
The catch: you build the page by hand, and it doesn’t save tabs or windows. LinkVolv vs start.me.
LinkVolv
Best for: keeping tabs and bookmarks in one place. Save a whole window, tab groups included, as a session; your bookmarks show as cards with preview images on every new tab; search finds pages by what they were about.
Free plan: 1,000 bookmarks, 100 saved tabs, sync between computers, search by meaning, full-text search and a saved copy of every page. Plus removes every limit for $39 a year ($5 a month); Pro adds chat with your library for $79 a year.
The catch: it’s made for computers; there are no phone apps. It’s for one person, with no team plans. And you sign in, because that’s how sync works.
How to choose
- Do you use more than one computer? If yes, skip the tools that keep everything in one browser.
- Is your problem tabs or bookmarks? Tab savers and bookmark managers solve different halves. Pick one that does both if you have both.
- Can you leave? Check that it exports your whole library before you put years of links in it.
Most of these have a free plan. Try two with your own tabs for a week; the right one is the one you still open on day eight. All the side-by-side comparisons: LinkVolv compared.